Marilyn Manson

Red Black and Blue

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[Intro]
I can stick a needle in the horror and fix your blindness
(Your blindness, see I)
See, I was a snake
But I didn't realize that you could walk on water (I didn’t)
Without legs
(Walk on water without legs)
Now I'm a bee, the king bee
And I will destroy every flower (I will destroy every flower)
And I will cover the earth in honey (Cover the earth in honey)
And everyone will eat themselves
(And everyone will eat themselves)
My eyes are mirrors
All I can see are gods on the left
And demons on the right

[Verse 1]
Set fire to the tree of life
Not for death
Just to watch the suffering
Get high on the smoke and dance
In the ashes

[Refrain]
This arrangement is deranged
Imagine us engaged in flames
This arrangement is deranged
Imagine us engaged in flames

[Chorus]
Red, black and I'm blue
Red, black and I’m blue
Red, black and I'm blue
Red
Black
And I'm blue

[Post-Chorus]
Am I garbage or God?
Am I garbage or God?
Church or a trashcan?
Either way you're a waste of my time

[Refrain]
This arrangement is deranged (Deranged)
Imagine us engaged in flames
This arrangement is deranged
Imagine us engaged in flames

[Verse 2]
Heroes destroy
Murder without a choice
Just linear fucking lines

[Chorus]
('Cause I'm) Red, black and I'm blue
Red, black and I'm blue

[Pre-Chorus]
Am I garbage or God?
Am I garbage or God?
Church or a trashcan?
Either way you’re a waste of my time
Am I garbage or God?
Am I garbage or God?
Church or a trashcan?
Either way you’re a waste of my time

[Chorus]
Red, black and I'm blue

[Bridge]
Sick-sick-sick of you
And all your attitudes
And I’m sick-sick-sick of you
Sick-sick-sick of you
And all your attitudes
And I'm sick from you
And I'm sick from you

[Outro]
'Cause I’m red, black, blue
(Am I garbage or God? Am I garbage or God?)
(Church or a trashcan?)
I'm red, black and I'm blue
(Either way you're a waste of my time)
I'm red, black and I'm blue
(Am I garbage or God? Am I garbage or God?)
(Church or a trashcan?)
I'm red, black and I'm blue
(Either way you're a waste of my time)
I'm red, black and I'm blue

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mellow_harsher On Sep 10, 2020

[Intro]
I can stick a needle in the horror and fix your blindness
(Your blindness, see I)
See, I was a snake
But I didn't realize that you could walk on water (I didn’t)
Without legs
(Walk on water without legs)
Now I'm a bee, the king bee
And I will destroy every flower (I will destroy every flower)
And I will cover the earth in honey (Cover the earth in honey)
And everyone will eat themselves
(And everyone will eat themselves)
My eyes are mirrors
All I can see are gods on the left
And demons on the right

[Verse 1]
Set fire to the tree of life
Not for death
Just to watch the suffering
Get high on the smoke and dance
In the ashes

[Refrain]
This arrangement is deranged
Imagine us engaged in flames
This arrangement is deranged
Imagine us engaged in flames

[Chorus]
Red, black and I'm blue
Red, black and I’m blue
Red, black and I'm blue
Red
Black
And I'm blue

[Post-Chorus]
Am I garbage or God?
Am I garbage or God?
Church or a trashcan?
Either way you're a waste of my time

[Refrain]
This arrangement is deranged (Deranged)
Imagine us engaged in flames
This arrangement is deranged
Imagine us engaged in flames

[Verse 2]
Heroes destroy
Murder without a choice
Just linear fucking lines

[Chorus]
('Cause I'm) Red, black and I'm blue
Red, black and I'm blue

[Chorus]
Red, black and I'm blue

[Bridge]
Sick-sick-sick of you
And all your attitudes
And I’m sick-sick-sick of you
Sick-sick-sick of you
And all your attitudes
And I'm sick from you
And I'm sick from you

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2020-09-10 15:24:44

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by Jewellfire

5y ago

This is a tricky and interesting song to interpret. "Am I garbage or God"- In other words, Manson is wondering if he is inferior or superior. I think a lot of us ask ourselves this question. Am I amazing or am I a piece of shit? It just depends how you look at yourself, and if you look at the positive or negative in yourself. It's an internal struggle. Maybe Manson has his moments where he feels really confident, and other times when he feels insecure. Even the god himself can feel insecure, yes.

As for "I'm red, black, blue," I was thinking in terms of red, white and blue, the colors of the flag, of America. Instead of white, it's black, it's the oppose of white.

He could be blue as in sad, or he could be red (covered in blood and scars), black and blue as in bruises. So this could be a political, religious, or love/heartbreak/post breakup song. As for the idea that he has bruises, well maybe he was in an abusive relationship. Not going to name names, but I have heard some things on both sides.

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by karyn11553 5y ago

@Jewellfire I think that it is more about, how he sees the world, now in this corona hell. How, the power of rich people and giant companies, now deside, weathered or not the common people, have their rights to stay alive. The honey-thing, everyone eating themselves, like either you go with the sheep's, just obey the powerful people, and get the vaccine, church or crash, if you don't believe in this, lie of corona virus. And that you /he ,is sick of all the terror, lies, anxiety the governments and media's active to put upon, human kind. I'm sick sick sick of...

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